Comments posted by carol from United States, December 26, 2006:
Wished I had seen reviews on this disc before I purchased. I originally had thought that I had one bad disc, but after continuing burning coasters, it turned out to be the brand. I also tried Memorex and they turned out so much better than these discs (probably only had 1 bad one out of 25). Ridata's -R discs are much more reliable than these (IMHO). Stay away from this one if you can!!

Comments posted by Atum from United States, December 06, 2006:
I have had very few problems with this media. My Pioneer TiVo will play most of them but will not play all. My Pioneer DV-563A standalone DVD player will play them all.

All of them burned successully. However, one of them I had to re-rip and burn on a new disc since the disk had errors that caused skipping and drop outs.

Comments posted by Tarv from Canada, September 12, 2006:
I bought two 25 disc spinles from two different online retailers. These discs are terrible. I tried burning them with three different burners (LG 4167B, Pioneer 111, Sony DRU720) with the same results. 21 failed during the burn process on the second layer, write error. 8 failed during the verify routine, the data could not be read. 13 had small dark blotches on the bottom of the disc after burn which caused the video to skip when trying to play in a dvd player. the rest worked fine. 8 out of 50 worked fine. These aren't worth the time or money. Believe me, I read the other reviews and thought I'd give them a try. MISTAKE.

Additional information:

Price: $2 Date purchased: July 2006 Burnt with Pioneer DVR-111 / DVR-A11 at 2.4x using firmware 8.26. Burning reliability is Poor. PC reliability is Mixed. DVD reliability is Poor. Console reliability is Poor. Media inkjet printable reliability is Good. Media color is White. Media text is Inkjet Printable. Media package type is Cake Box. Number of discs 25. Media made in Taiwan. Media UPC/EAN code is 4612201311. Authoring/Burning comments:DVDDecrypter, Alcohol 100% Does not work on Microsoft XboxDoes not work on Sony DVP-NS725PDoes not work on Sony Playstation 2

Comments posted by Archon from United States, September 03, 2006:
No comments

Additional information:

Burnt with NEC ND-3540A at 2.4x using firmware 1.WB. Burning reliability is Mixed. PC reliability is Good. DVD reliability is Poor. Media color is Silver. Media text is Ridata DVD+R DL 2.4x. Media package type is Cake Box. Number of discs 25. Media made in Taiwan. Media UPC/EAN code is 846122011759. Authoring/Burning comments:DVD Decrypter/DVD Shrink with Nero 7.2.3.2 Does not work on JVC XV-S502SLDoes not work on Panasonic DVD-A115

Comments posted by Ed from United States, June 09, 2006:
One out of 10 - One out of 10 - A $20 disk. Man. These are the worst ever. Get the Verbatim.

Comments posted by Andrew from United States, May 10, 2006:
Burned fine, but verification showed an error at switch between layers. Video hung up at that point when played on Pioneer DVR-110D (mac dvd player). Video played on a Pioneer DVR-109 (mac) and Sony DVP NS300.

My only prior experience with DL DVRs is with Verbatim. 100% burn and play reliability. Pay extra but get better result.

Comments posted by Michael Wehle from United States, January 05, 2006:
I burned 2 discs with Sony 810A, one using Nero 6.6 and one with DVD Decrypter. Neither was readable by my JVC XV-512. I have had excellent success with Memorex +R DL discs burning on Sony and playing on JVC.

Comments posted by TheVoelk from United States, November 24, 2005:
Burned well over 1000 of these at work. Only about 10 have refused to play. Used an NEC 2510 (TDB hacked firmware), LG 4163, Lite-On 1963, and a Pioneer 109 and 110/110D to burn with.

Comments posted by Laddy from United States, November 12, 2005:
Burnt at 2.4X with DVD Decrypter with NEC 3540 with firmware 1.03 and booktyped to DVD-ROM. Stock firmware 1.01 did not result in successful burns. DVDs must be booktyped as DVD-ROM to play in standalone players.

Comments posted by Bob from United States, November 06, 2005:
GARBAGE. I am amazed they can legally sell this stuff. I payed $50 for 25 of these, and I'm about 1/2 done with TWO successful burns. The rest simply fail. Yes, that means I'm currently 2 for 12. That translates to an 85% FAILURE RATE.

Comments posted by Robert from United States, October 18, 2005:
I bought about 30 of these way back when they first came out and they all burned great. I recently ordered 15 more and now most won't burn. 9 out of 11, coasters.

Comments posted by LudwigX from United States, October 17, 2005:
Of a sample of 3, 1 was a coaster out of the burner, a second showed signficant PI Errors & Failures & was likely to be a coaster soon enough, a third was readable but showed mediocre PI Error & Failure rate.

Comments posted by shakenbake from Canada, September 26, 2005:
I was afraid that DL media would not work with my set-up, based on earlier experiences. However, updated Toast Titanium from 6.0 to 6.1 and worked like a charm!

Comments posted by Patrick from United States, September 14, 2005:
Good media when it works. Very, VERY bad quality control. 30% are flawless, 40% are so-so (occasional glitch), 20% have bad problems on the second layer preventing proper playback on standalone players, and 10% have major problems on both layers or fail to burn. Probably 6 coasters out of 35 discs burned. I have to return 10 unused discs from my latest shipment due to visible physical damage to the media (metal chips in the dye).

Good if you are cheap or don't mind sorting through media to find the good ones, but for me and my time, I won't be buying them again. $1 more for verbatims is worth my time NOT having to do a full surface check on every burned disc I make.

Comments posted by John from United States, June 19, 2005:
Burned with Plextor 716UF at 2.4x speed. Plays flawless on Samsung HD941 player. Also plays wello on Medion Akoya LS laptop. No skips and stutters.

Comments posted by Michael henson from United States, June 13, 2005:
No comments

Additional information:

Price: $7 Purchased from: Meritline Date purchased: June 2005 Burnt with NEC ND-3520A at 2.4x using firmware 1UF. Burning reliability is Poor. DVD reliability is Poor. Media color is White. Media text is RIDATA. Media package type is Jewel Case. Number of discs 1. Authoring/Burning comments:DVDecrypter
Nero 6.6.0.13 Does not work on Apex AD-500wmDoes not work on Apex AD-5131

Comments posted by eric lam from United States, April 20, 2005:
used with lite on sohw 1673s flashed to latest to burn at 4x. first had problems and got 5 coasters, but now i plugged the burner and hard drive to the same ide cable to the motherboard straight, and got >5 good burns in a row. nero 6.6.0.8 does not play in conventional dvd-rom though, second layer is tough.

Comments posted by FishBoy from Canada, February 13, 2005:
i set dvd decrypter to burn at 2.4x and it burnt well at 2.5x
the movie played good on the norecent with a better quality than the koss, the koss switched between menus faster than the norecent did

Comments posted by Khoa from United States, December 28, 2004:
No comments

Additional information:

Purchased from: Blank-cd-cdr.com Date purchased: December 2004 Burnt with Samsung TS-H552B at 2.4x using firmware 5.0. Burning reliability is Good. PC reliability is Good. DVD reliability is Good. Console reliability is Good. Media color is Gray. Media text is none. Media package type is Jewel Case. Number of discs 1. Media made in Taiwan. Does not work on Initial IDM-1731Does not work on Samsung DVD-V4600

Comments posted by jim from United States, December 28, 2004:
Heres some info.. a word to the wise. I have burned a few DL discs (copies of discs I own) both Ridata and Verbatum and if I apply labels to either DL discs they fail either at the start or midpoint on any player I have tried. Labels dont affect single layer media (probably because they weigh less) but do cause reading problems with double layer media.So if you are burning one shot DL disc dont apply labels they will stop the players from working and are a pain to get offer later.
Good Luck

Comments posted by jim from United States, December 18, 2004:
Originally posted that media would'nt burn with my maddog megastor 16xdvd dl drive but have had a firmware upgrade from 2f9 to 2fA and it works perfectly.. plays on all my players.

Comments posted by DTSL06 from Canada, December 09, 2004:
Works fine on a LiteOn CD-rw/DVD-Rom in mt HTPC but has troubles at the layer break with Denon 2910 stand alone player. Burned using a NEC 2500a as a NEC 2510 @ 2.5x

Comments posted by Sara from United States, November 30, 2004:
I get the error -50 "Can not communicate with media" using The RiData DL disc with the Lacie DL drive (NEC 2510A) Firmware 2.06 (Lacie (Mac) firmware with bitsetting permanatly set as DVD-ROM. The drive works perfectly with Verbatim.

Comments posted by Dave from Sweden, November 15, 2004:
You need the latest version of Nero to burn this disc, if you have an older version of Nero 6 it only recognises the Dual layer DVD as a CDR. Only burned 1 so far but it worked a treat (no errors).

Plays ok on Toshiba SD2109 when burned with DVD Shrink 3.2 & the correct Burn Settings are used, eg
tick the box for Book Type DVD-Rom. & also tick the box for Burn at least 30mm (DVD+R/RW High Compatibility Mode)